Hi
I have a question regarding displaying a foreign key in a DataGrid. To
explain my question, consider the following:
Suppose I have two tables A and B. Table A has the following structure:
UID_A ' Primary key of A
FK_B ' Foreign key to table B i.e. UID_B
and table B has the following structure:
UID_B ' Primary key of B
Name ' List of names e.g. John, Mark, William
If I set a DataSource of a DataGrid to be A, then I get a grid with values
such as:
2 7
3 8
4 15
5 7
etc.
What I would like to display is the following:
2 John
3 Robert
4 Bill
5 John
That is, I want to display the Name field instead of the FK_B value (these
are related as shown above).
Now, in the past, I have been able to do this by creating a new column in A,
iterating through all the rows and placing the B "Name" in the right place.
This works BUT I'm sure there must be a simpler, more elegant solution???
Thanks in advance
Geoff
I have a question regarding displaying a foreign key in a DataGrid. To
explain my question, consider the following:
Suppose I have two tables A and B. Table A has the following structure:
UID_A ' Primary key of A
FK_B ' Foreign key to table B i.e. UID_B
and table B has the following structure:
UID_B ' Primary key of B
Name ' List of names e.g. John, Mark, William
If I set a DataSource of a DataGrid to be A, then I get a grid with values
such as:
2 7
3 8
4 15
5 7
etc.
What I would like to display is the following:
2 John
3 Robert
4 Bill
5 John
That is, I want to display the Name field instead of the FK_B value (these
are related as shown above).
Now, in the past, I have been able to do this by creating a new column in A,
iterating through all the rows and placing the B "Name" in the right place.
This works BUT I'm sure there must be a simpler, more elegant solution???
Thanks in advance
Geoff